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Henry Cousens, Kaisir-i-Hind Medal (1854 - 1933)
Born 1854 September 13th, Paisley, Scotland .=== (Source Baptism Certificate)=== Baptised 1854 September 24th, in Trinity Episcopal Church, Paisley, Scotland . ===* Father Henry Cousens- Private, Sappe...

DIGITAL SOUTH EAST ASIA LIBRARY, LONDON

Cousens, Henry (b. 13 Sep 1854; d. Tunbridge Wells, 1933).

Areas: India Notes:

Listed as having joined Archaeological Survey Department, 16 Nov 1881; in fact a letter written by James Burgess in 1883 indicates that he had worked for the survey since 1874;
After 1886 he supervised and trained Indian draughtsmen;
'Toured Northern Gujarat in 1886-7 and 1889-90, surveying and photographing.
non-gazetted appointments until 1890;
Archaeological Surveyor, Western India, Poona, 1 10.1890;
Superintendent, Archaeological Survey, Bombay (Poona), 24.6.1891;
on deputation to Hyderabad State, 1 Dec 1894-31.8.1895;
Superintendent, Archaeological Survey, Bombay (Poona), 1.9.1895;
Superintendent, Archaeological Survey, Western Circle (Poona),11.2.1906;
officiating as Director General of Archaeology, Simla, 14.4.1906
Civil engineer.
Superintendent of the Archaeological Survey of India, Western Circles and photographed sites for the survey (particularly Gujarat).
retired 13.9.1910, after 'three months short of 35 years service.

The Museum Mumbai:

"The priceless artefacts from the Buddhist site of Mirpurkhas, excavated by renowned archaeologist Henry Cousens in 1909 are an important part of the Museum collection."
Henry was also a photographer, photographing many archaeological sites for his Archaeological Survey of India

Also

photographer for the British Astronomical Society's Expedition to Jeur, India, to photograph the 22 January 1898 total Solar Eclipse - some of the earliest recorded images of a solar eclipse.